23rd Mare Forum Ship Finance 2024 | Mare Forum | 4 November 2024 | Mainport Hotel, Leuvehaven 77, 3011 EA Rotterdam, Netherlands

A high-level audience consisting of leading executives from the shipping trade and banking industries appreciates and makes the most of the dynamic format and honest debate.

It is an annual conference that hosts principals and high-level executives who actively participate in, discuss, debate, and brainstorm about the future of shipping, trade patterns, logistics, geopolitics, energy transition and security, decarbonisation, investments and ship finance, human capital imperatives, and more.

At our conferences, there are no dull company presentations or lengthy, predictable speeches. Instead, we foster an environment of dynamic and lively discussions, where the panellists and audience participants engage in meaningful exchanges.

• If you are an owner needing help finding a good capital provider, come to Mare Forum. Here they are.
• If you are a capital provider needing help finding a good owner, come to Mare Forum and meet them.
• If you are in shipping and ship finance and want to know what will happen next, come to Mare Forum.

2024 Speakers

CHAIRS:

Eva Klein Ovink
Executive Director Short Sea Shipping and Intermodal Coverage, ABN AMRO Bank

Zhongyi (John) Su
Group Chairman & CEO, Erasmus Shipinvest Group

Michael de Visser
Managing Director, SEAHORSE Consulting & Invest

Thijs Slavenburg
Managing Partner, Zuyderzee Capital

Annet Koster
Managing Director, Royal Association of Netherlands' Shipowners

Pieter van der Burg
Managing Director, NESEC Fund Management

PANELISTS:

Pieter Baan
Director, ING Business Banking Shipping

Robert Wester
Director, Carisbrooke Shipping Ltd

Ioannis Kostoula
President, Mare Forum

Phrixos Papachristidis
Chief Executive Officer, Hellespont Group

Caspar van Overklift
Business Development & Manager ESG, ForestWave Navigation

Bas de Jong
President, Transship Bulk

Geert Dokter
CEO, Conoship International BV

Michiel Steeman
Managing Partner, Zuyderzee Capital

Jan Jaap Nieuwenhuis
Managing Director, Conoship International B.V.

Joost Bout
Loan Portfolio Manager, NESEC Fund Management

Nurettin Caliskan
Board Member, President International Relations, Turkish Shipbuilders Association GISBIR

Ed van Aalst
Senior Relationship Manager, ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

Marina Tzoutzouraki
CFO and Co-founder, eShipfinance.com

Dagfinn Lunde
Chairman and Co-founder, eShipfinance.com, DagMar Navigation Ltd / Cleaves Securities AS

Erik Witjens Chairman
Rotterdam Maritime Services Community RMSC

Joep Gorgels
Chief Financial and Business Development Officer, Floattech

Marjolein Van Noort
Head of EU Representation, Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners (KVNR)

Irene Rosberg
Programme Director, The Blue MBA Programme | Director, Blue Board Leadership Programme, Copenhagen Business School

Francesco Fuselli
Managing Director, Banchero Costa & Co

Rod Schlick
Director, FRIDAY & CO Shipbrokers

Gust Biesbroeck
Partner, Prow Capital

Sean Fairley
Advisory Department, Drewry Shipping Consultants Ltd

Ann-Christin Stücke
Sustainability and Circularity Expert, ABN AMRO Bank

Marjolein Boer
President, WISTA Netherlands

Murat Erişti
Financial Advisor, Turkish Shipbuilders Association, GISBIR

Jan Fransen
Executive Director, Green Award Foundation

Hakan Çendik
President, Association of Turkish Coaster Shipowners and Operators, KOSDER

Connie Roozen
Tax Partner, C&B More

Katalin Dobranszky
Senior Director Policy Analysis, Social Affairs and Finance, European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA)

Renze Boersema
Policy Advisor Finance, Royal Association of Netherlands' Shipowners

Iraklis Tsirigotis
Director of Origination, Neptune Maritime Leasing

Marc Buijs
Lending Specialist and Board Member, Young Maritime, ING BANK

Jan-Willem Schellingerhout
Head of Dutch Shipping, Hamburg Commercial Bank

Fabrizio Vettosi
Managing Director, VSL Club SpA Investment & Advisory

Ioannis (Jannis) Kostoulas
President, Mare Forum

Andrew Wilson
Head of Energy Research, Barry Rogliano Salles (BRS)

Heleen Quint
Senior Export Credit Specialist, Atradius Dutch State Business NV

Bjorn Olde Kalter
Founder - MD, Cyber Masters

Mare Straetmans
Founder, Platform Zero

Vincent Guerre
Director for Trade and Competitiveness, SEA Europe

Peter Molloy
Managing Director, Sea3R

Margaret Akello
MSc Maritime Economics and Logistics, Erasmus University

Erhan Esinduy
Foreign Relations Commission Member, Turkish Shipbuilders Association, GISBIR

Rico Luman
Senior Economist - Research Lead - Global Sector Research, ING Bank

Gilbèrt de Bock
Managing Director, De Bock Maritime B.V.

Kari-Pekka Laaksonen
Group CEO, Samskip

Engel-Jan de Boer
Global Yacht Segment Director, Lloyd's Register

2024 Partners

• Hamburg Commercial Bank
• Est-Floattech
• Gigas
• Aganlar
• Soyaslan
• Northrop & Johnson
• Turkish Ship, Yacht & Marine Services, Exporters Association
• AVS
• EKOL
• Hellenic Logistics Association
• Arkas Hellas Group
• Esenyel | Partners Lawyers & Consultants
• International Maritime Union of Greece
• CTA
• ICC Hellas
• Marine Logistics
• Commodity Trading Club
• Suissengose
• Aderco
• Jamaica Ship Registry
• OceanScore
• Christian Dior
• Wista Monaco
• Data
• Telgeren and Partners
• Vision F Yachts
• Taka Yacht Design
• Red Yacht Design
• Unique Yacht Design
• Arkın Pruva Yachts
• Bering Yacht
• CMM Yachts
• Norse Shipyard
• Bilgin Yachts
• Su Marine Yacht
• Venture Yachts
• Mazu Yachts
• Northstar Boats
• Airtech
• Gurit Composite Materials
• Tersan Shipyard
• Rafnar Türkiye
• HSY Yachts
• Seltaş Shipyard
• EuroMarine Shipyards
• EastMarine Shipping
• Damen
• Wista Turkey
• Dromeas Yachts
• Famagusta Shipyard
• Sanmar Shipyards
• Ares Shipyard
• Anadolu Shipyard
• Gemak Group of Companies
• Aegean Yacht
• CMB Yachts
• Akyacht
• Sirena Superyachts
• Türk Loydu
• Elkon
• Alia Yacht Builders
• SES Yachts
• Ark Yacht
• RMK Marine
• Cemre Shipyard
• Dunya Yachts
• Kuzeystar Shipyard
• Hidrodinamik Shipyard
• Turquoise Yachts
• EOS Group Shipyards
• ART Shipyard
• Besiktas Shipyard
• TK Tuzla Shipyard
• GISAS Gemi Insa Sanayi
• Naiad Maritime Group
• MengiYay Yachts
• Navtek
• HydroTec
• Neva Marine Ltd.
• Turkish Chamber of Shipping
• Turkish Ship Yacht Exporters Association
• AKT Law Firm
• Hill Dickinson
• FDR Risk B.V.
• RightShip
• WinGD
• Seafin
• V.Group
• Fairport Yacht Support
• GISBIR - Turkish Shipbuilders' Association
• Celestyal Cruises
• Optimum Shipmanagement Services SA
• Neptune Maritime Leasing
• Direct Ship Finance
• Business College Athens
• DCMMI Dubai Council for Marine and Maritime Industries
• ABS
• Zephyr Group
• LCTA (Lugano Trading & Shipping Association)
• Yas Coaching.com
• International Superyacht Society
• Metis
• Alliance Maritime
• Hong Kong Maritime Week
• Eshipfinance.com
• Swiss Shipowners Association
• Simonsen Vogt Wiig
• Propeller Club Geneva
• Phoenix
• The Maritime Standard
• Indonesian National Shipowners' Association
• Wallem
• Simpson Spence Young
• IRI/The Marshall Islands Registry
• Zug Commodity Association
• Swiss Trading and Shipping Association
• Eastgate
• Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association
• Nesec
• Conoship International
• Friday & Co Shipbrokers
• Wista Panama
• Transshipping Agents
• Maersk
• Manzanillo International Terminal
• Drydocks World
• C&B More
• International Chamber of Commerce
• Hellenic Chamber of Shipping
• Cyprus Shipping Chamber
• VSL Club
• ClassNK
• Braemar
• Europort
• Hellenic Short Sea Shipowners Association
• Tsuneishi
• Columbia Ship Management
• Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board
• GMS
• Wista International
• Damen Shipyards
• Hong Kong Trade Development Council
• Robban Assafina Magazine
• Curacao Port Authority
• UAE Federal Transport Authority - Land & Maritime
• Cosco
• Hong Kong Shipowners Association
• China Classification Society
• Lloyds List
• Waterborne
• Zuyderzee Capital
• US Coast Guard
• Namepa
• Panama Maritime Authority
• European Commission
• Clay Maitland
• Tsavliris Salvage
• Panama Canal Authority
• Liberian Registry
• Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners
• Confitarma
• Emirates Classification Society
• Transport Malta
• Port of Rotterdam
• Turkish Shipbuilders' Association
• Bimco
• Erasmus Shipinvest Group
• Q Shipmanagement
• Kaptanoglu Group
• AVS Global Ship Supply
• Maples Group
• Campbells
• American Bureau of Shipping
• Value Maritime
• The Baltic Exchange
• Green Award
• Cayman Registry
• Wartsila
• Abu Dhabi Ports
• Amsterdam Trade Bank
• TradeWinds
• DNV
• Khamis Buamim Investments
• Intercargo
• Rotterdam Maritime Services Community
• Rotterdam Partners
• Rotterdam Maritime Capital of Europe
• Lloyds Register
• Rina
• NIBC Bank
• ABN AMRO Bank
• Invest Hong Kong
• ING Bank
• Bureau Veritas